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this was tom cole on sunday. >> only obama can fix entitlements. democrat versus democrat fight over entitlement which mirrors their fighting over taxes. a response to an argument that was starting before former adviser steve ratner and minnesota democratic congressman keith ellison with near glee. there is no real choice about that. we're clear social security is off the table. this is, to me, the much more interesting debate between tom and dan. >> you want republicans arguing. both sides are also battling for control of the debt ceiling which may represent the republicans' greatest point of leverage in these budget talks. goo the speaker of the house says that's a nonstarter. >> silliness. congress will never give up the power. i've made it clear to the president. we need cuts in reform greater than the increase in the debt limit. >> bottom line, you've got to put a detailed plan on the table that the white house ends up agreeing to some of it, rejects some of it in the same way the white house is arguably overplaying their hand on taxes. the qu
this was tom cole on sunday. >> only obama can fix entitlements. democrat versus democrat fight over entitlement which mirrors their fighting over taxes. a response to an argument that was starting before former adviser steve ratner and minnesota democratic congressman keith ellison with near glee. there is no real choice about that. we're clear social security is off the table. this is, to me, the much more interesting debate between tom and dan. >> you want republicans arguing....
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>> no republican makes more sense than the original house defector on tax rates, congressman tom cole. >> they go off automatically. i can tell you that the sun is going to come up in the east tomorrow and set in the west. that doesn't mean i had a darn thing to do with it coming up or coming down. those rates are going to go up. we either act now to keep them from going up from as many people as possible or they'll go up on everyone. >> a spokesman for house speaker boehner tells nbc news that negotiations between the white house and republican policy staffers continued today. president obama and speaker boehner met privately yesterday. nbc news first read team makes this point. if the plan is to get something passed by friday, december 21, right before the christmas holiday, then the legislation has to be written by december 18th and that means that obama and boehner must reach a deal by december 14th, 15th if there is going to be a deal. so the time for posturing and pr is over. a new political poll shows that likely voters support the president's tax increase on the upper brackets
>> no republican makes more sense than the original house defector on tax rates, congressman tom cole. >> they go off automatically. i can tell you that the sun is going to come up in the east tomorrow and set in the west. that doesn't mean i had a darn thing to do with it coming up or coming down. those rates are going to go up. we either act now to keep them from going up from as many people as possible or they'll go up on everyone. >> a spokesman for house speaker boehner...
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also, tom cole will be here on set. that's great. we're going to ask him what he was thinking last week. i'm joking. congressman. also, democratic senator claire mccaskill. can you believe this? and congressman chris van hollen. also, we're going to bring in former national security adviser dr. brzezinski. and straight ahead, mike allen with the top stories from "politico." and mika should be jetting in from the south of france just in time to say hello to her father. first, though, let's send it to bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> good morning to you, joe. you got to d.c. a day too late. yesterday, it had to have been the warmest day you'll see probably till about april. it was 72 degrees yesterday in washington, d.c. it was even in the 60s all the way as far north as buffalo, syracuse and rochester. things are coming back to reality. cold front's heading through. chillier air is arriving, especially western new york. some showers out ahead of that front. if you're leaving the house now in maine, coastal new hampshire do
also, tom cole will be here on set. that's great. we're going to ask him what he was thinking last week. i'm joking. congressman. also, democratic senator claire mccaskill. can you believe this? and congressman chris van hollen. also, we're going to bring in former national security adviser dr. brzezinski. and straight ahead, mike allen with the top stories from "politico." and mika should be jetting in from the south of france just in time to say hello to her father. first, though,...
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when you have people like conservative republican senators like tom coburn, kay granger, tom cole, speaking up and saying, this is the right thing to do, for goodness sakes, let's get it done. >> congressman? >> i'd ask the senator, just do the math. if you go to a small family-owned business in bakersfield, california, that hires my friends, hires my neighbors, with the new tax rate they pay 37%, 39%. california, add another 13.8%. is it fair that any american pays more than half of their income into taxes? and that's before sales tax. that's more than paying for the cable tax. should we make it a more efficient, accountable government? the spending is the issue, senator. >> may i respond? >> the president proposed a plan that you didn't even vote for. >> may i respond? 97% of american businesses are exempt from any tax increase because of the proposal by the president to protect people making less than $250,000 a year. 98% of all americans are going to be exempt from paying any higher taxes. if and only if speaker boehner will pass the bill that we sent him in july to protect middle incom
when you have people like conservative republican senators like tom coburn, kay granger, tom cole, speaking up and saying, this is the right thing to do, for goodness sakes, let's get it done. >> congressman? >> i'd ask the senator, just do the math. if you go to a small family-owned business in bakersfield, california, that hires my friends, hires my neighbors, with the new tax rate they pay 37%, 39%. california, add another 13.8%. is it fair that any american pays more than half...
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. >> reporter: i should mention it wasn't just bob corker but tennessee senator tom cole in going along the president's plan of raising the tax rates on wealthy yes, sir americans. >> there are growing calls for action nearly two years since president obama signed a 9/11 compensation act. it set aside $3 billion for people that got sick or injured during the ground zero attacks. to date, ground zero workers have not received a dime. $875 million was to be distributed in the first five years and the rest in 2016. >> heather: a big blow to al-qaeda after second in command is killed in a drone strike. pakistani intelligence officials said he was killed in pakistan's tribal region last week. he had appeared in videos released and was presented as a religious scholar for the group. officials say that he was promoted to second in command earlier this year. >> gregg: a daring rescue of an american doctor who was abducted by the taliban in afghanistan. u.s. and afghan forces working together in the pre-dawn raid launching the critical mission as soon as intelligence showed the doctor was in gra
. >> reporter: i should mention it wasn't just bob corker but tennessee senator tom cole in going along the president's plan of raising the tax rates on wealthy yes, sir americans. >> there are growing calls for action nearly two years since president obama signed a 9/11 compensation act. it set aside $3 billion for people that got sick or injured during the ground zero attacks. to date, ground zero workers have not received a dime. $875 million was to be distributed in the first...
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tom cole of oklahoma has taken a lot of heat from his own party suggesting to get the tax cuts out of the way for the tax cuts. here is what he's having to say about that. >> none of us want to raise the rates on anybody. but the reality is the rates on everybody go up at the end of the month. since we agree with the democrats, 98% of the american people and 80% of the bush tax cuts, get it off the table now so they don't worry about it. they are the president's leverage. the democrats are screaming your taxes are going to go up. >> that's the president's leverage in this debate as he's saying there. if congress extends the tax cut for everyone except the 2%, does it give the republicans the leverage they need after the new year? >> yeah. we are still going to have the fight over the debt ceiling. obama would love to take it off the table now. there's no way republicans are going to give that up. it's a crucial piece of leverage than the tax rates. as we saw a year and a half ago, that is really sort of putting the basic fiscal health of the country at risk. a lot of republicans are l
tom cole of oklahoma has taken a lot of heat from his own party suggesting to get the tax cuts out of the way for the tax cuts. here is what he's having to say about that. >> none of us want to raise the rates on anybody. but the reality is the rates on everybody go up at the end of the month. since we agree with the democrats, 98% of the american people and 80% of the bush tax cuts, get it off the table now so they don't worry about it. they are the president's leverage. the democrats...
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as tom cole eloquently said, he is not raising anyone's taxes, he is preventing them from being raised on the middle-class. step up to the plate, send that message to the entire world that we are secure. long-term, i think we need to focus on health care costs. paul ryan had it right when he said that health care costs are the chief reason why we see a rise in domestic spending, why is that so? look at the gdp of health care in the united states. it is greater than 17%. dropping since we passed the affordable health care act. there are many things there that will help to lower it, we have got to bend the curved. it lowers the cost of health care and makes it more affordable, a good goal, and it also deals with the deficit in the short term and long term. those are not my words, that is the head of etna in my district. there is a way for us to, in the short term, by dealing directly with the tax cut, save the learning issues for january. i was listening a scholars came in and tried to talk about where they would make deductions. you really do need to have a comprehensive plan. people ha
as tom cole eloquently said, he is not raising anyone's taxes, he is preventing them from being raised on the middle-class. step up to the plate, send that message to the entire world that we are secure. long-term, i think we need to focus on health care costs. paul ryan had it right when he said that health care costs are the chief reason why we see a rise in domestic spending, why is that so? look at the gdp of health care in the united states. it is greater than 17%. dropping since we passed...
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because i did talk to some democrats who are suddenly fearing the tom cole strategy in this respect. that the republicans basically do the minimum -- meet the president's minimum demands past the extension for middle-class tax rates, and that's it, right? you know, and they buy down the sequester, delay that. and essentially say all right, buddy, see you in february. we'll do the standoff then on debt ceiling, and we'll talk the bigger thing on rates. we'll talk the issue on entitlements. because suddenly the leverage -- the political leverage, you know, that's not great for the economy, but if you're just talking pure politics, that could be the best political decision for the republicans to make to regain leverage on this. >> chuck, don't you think if republicans strike that deal, they'll have primary problems? >> it becomes -- it depends on how it's struck. it depends if it becomes a, we can't deal with this guy, the white house wants to drive over the cliff, we have no choice, we're not going to do it, and it still would be a minority of probably the republicans. and you saw -- d
because i did talk to some democrats who are suddenly fearing the tom cole strategy in this respect. that the republicans basically do the minimum -- meet the president's minimum demands past the extension for middle-class tax rates, and that's it, right? you know, and they buy down the sequester, delay that. and essentially say all right, buddy, see you in february. we'll do the standoff then on debt ceiling, and we'll talk the bigger thing on rates. we'll talk the issue on entitlements....
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in response, representative tom cole from republican said republicans do not need a counter offer and that he believes closing loopholes and passing deductions is enough. so far republicans are refusing to raise the actual tax rate on the wealthy and refusing to pass tax breaks for the majority of americans unless they get what they want. now, just to give you an idea of what is in the president's plan he is calling for $1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue over the next decade. he wants $200,000,000,000 worth of stimulus spending. in return, he is offering 600 worth of cuts to medicare and other programs. we will be right back. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, i
in response, representative tom cole from republican said republicans do not need a counter offer and that he believes closing loopholes and passing deductions is enough. so far republicans are refusing to raise the actual tax rate on the wealthy and refusing to pass tax breaks for the majority of americans unless they get what they want. now, just to give you an idea of what is in the president's plan he is calling for $1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue over the next decade. he wants...
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what we heard from tom cole previously from oklahoma suggests that as well. and you can see the texture of the deal. it is interesting, this week, of course, democrats in the house started a discharge petition on the middle income tax cuts. i think as of right now we have about 154 signatures on there. we only are to get to 218. that means you know, a bunch of reasonable republicans coming on board, signing the discharge petition, dealing with the middle income tax cuts. it sounds though that if we include -- i agree with the president. there's no way that you can get from here to there without putting a tax rate increase of a mere 4% on the highest income earners. that's what we're talking about here. preserving the middle income tax cuts, getting rid of all of the bush era tax cuts for the upper income levels and then committing to tax reform next year. sound the like a deal to me. >> bill: does the debt ceiling have to be part of that deal? >> it is ridiculous for the debt ceiling to be part of that deal. except for last year, we would never, in our histor
what we heard from tom cole previously from oklahoma suggests that as well. and you can see the texture of the deal. it is interesting, this week, of course, democrats in the house started a discharge petition on the middle income tax cuts. i think as of right now we have about 154 signatures on there. we only are to get to 218. that means you know, a bunch of reasonable republicans coming on board, signing the discharge petition, dealing with the middle income tax cuts. it sounds though that...
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. >> senator cole. a founding member. >> yes. he was one of our early supporters. great guy. great friend. >> tom hanks, our good friend carole king, also george clooney. >> nice. >> and certainly we thank them for all of their generosity here. you say beyond that, what really moved you were people that couldn't afford to give the big checks but gave smaller checks and just wrote you the most heartfelt notes. >> it was extraordinary. we have more than 2,500 contributors to slash the 'stache, and a lot of whom who have been impacted by epilepsy, who have children often impacted by epilepsy who lost loved one. 50,000 a year die from epilepsy. and their notes would move you to tears. what started as kind of a lark, when i maiden educated bet on the election and you made a foolish one. >> oh, now. he's going to go there. >> florida. just florida. >> florida. let me just say, what does it say that the former congressman from florida got florida wrong? >> ooh. >> i always say, if republicans are going to lose florida, we're in big, big trouble. >> i know. i should not be saying the
. >> senator cole. a founding member. >> yes. he was one of our early supporters. great guy. great friend. >> tom hanks, our good friend carole king, also george clooney. >> nice. >> and certainly we thank them for all of their generosity here. you say beyond that, what really moved you were people that couldn't afford to give the big checks but gave smaller checks and just wrote you the most heartfelt notes. >> it was extraordinary. we have more than 2,500...